Marcel Wanders Quotes

Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.

Most inspiration still comes from bicycling around San Francisco. This city never fails to inspire me. It is one of the most vibrant cities - especially visually - with a constant influx of young energy arriving daily. I love it.

I love, love writing about Los Angeles. I love exploring every part of it. And I find, rather than a burden, it's actually one of the most enjoyable parts of the writing process for me. I love everything about L.A. Okay, not the traffic. But I love the way it looks. I love the geography. I love the diversity.

A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe and 50 times: It is a beautiful catastrophe.

Here in L.A., there are a lot of dead spots, and you have to drive to find energy, but all of India is so energetic.

Living in New York, no big deal. I am loving New York - there is something about the energy.

Shooting at night in Los Angeles is amazing. The city shuts down at 10 P.M. every night, and a whole different cast of characters comes out.

I love cities. New York, Montreal, London, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, L.A... but, I do choose to live in Vancouver. It's home.

Now I'm writing about contemporary Los Angeles from memory. My process was to hang out, observe, research what I was writing about, and almost immediately go back to my office and write those sections. So it was a very close transfer between observation and writing.

I do not go outdoors... As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of living in New York City is indoors. You want greenery? Order the spinach.

I love filming in New York. I love New York movies, too. I just like it when people can take New York and make it their own, because there are so many different New Yorks.

Everyone's looking to the urban scene for inspiration now.

An urban novelist never minds a little decay.

Chicago is a city of neighborhoods, and I love that. It's cool to have different foods from all over the world within a stone's throw of my house.

I feel so at home in New York that I don't have the urge to write about it.

When I thought about Detroit, I would think big city, very urban - not a lot of places to walk around, not a lot of parks. I sort of pictured Manhattan almost, where, besides Central Park, it's all city and big buildings. But now that I'm here, you see people pushing strollers, people hanging out in the park.

I miss the anonymity that comes with New York because everyone around you is so immersed in their own journey.

When I came to New York and I opened the window of the thirty-fifth-floor apartment, there's light pollution and fog, and I couldn't see my star. So I drew it on my wrist with a pen, but it kept washing away. Then I went to a tattoo parlor on Second Avenue and had it done.

New York is perfect for Tanizaki because it's filled with so many dark spaces.

I love driving in the city at night.

I've always been drawn to city skylines.

L.A. is still such a fascinating place to me, so big and diverse. It's so spread out that you can go from Zuma to downtown and there's really like 10 different towns in between.

L.A. is so big that if you don't actually live in Hollywood, you might as well be from a different planet.

I always found very strong images for my songwriting in New York.

There are so many lovely cities around the U.S., around the world, that it's almost impossible to pick one.